Environmental Life Cycle Cost for Durable Porous Surface Layers with Synthetic Binders

For noise reduction, the Netherlands uses surface layers with a porous structure, The resulting surface layers have a shorter service life than non-porous surface layers. This causes frequent replacements and, therefore, high costs and congestion, which causes extra economical and environmental (value for time) damage. To limit these problems, this paper proposes to lengthen the service life by replacing the bitumen bender with a synthetic variant. Changing the binder to a synthetic variant is generally not considered because the binder is about 11 times more expensive than traditional. It is assumed that the resulting synthetic porous surface layer (SPSL) can have a service life that is prolonged by a decade. On the basis of indefinite life cycle cost calculations on the cost effectiveness of the SPSL, it is concluded that the surface layer costs the same as traditional surface layers. The environmental life cycle cost even results in higher benefits because of less congestion nuisance (value for time). Due to a high variance in the results, it is recommended to develop SPSL for a niche market. At sharp curves and on and off ramps, a shorter service life can be cost effective and beneficial.

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  http://www.ijprt.org.tw/files/sample/V3N3%286%29.pdf
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• Authors:
  • Kluck, Ewout
  • Van de Ven, M F C
  • Baggen, J H
  • van Wee, Bert
  • Hofman, Rob
• Publication Date: 2010-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 142-148
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Chinese Society of Pavement Engineering
  • ISSN: 1996-6814
  • EISSN: 1997-1400
  • Serial URL: http://www.ijprt.org.tw/index.php
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bituminous binders; Life cycle costing; Pavement layers; Porous pavements; Surface course (Pavements); Tire/pavement noise
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01158619
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 11 2010 12:05PM